Instapasta was perhaps marginally healthier than crisps!
On Saturday I went to the chippie, actually one of the best chippies I know,
L'Alba D'Oro in Edinburgh, for a fish supper. Unlike most Edinburgh chippies, their batter is
crisp and the chips are almost crunchy with a fluffy interior. To me, that's how chippies should be. The traditional Edinburgh chippie is soggy from start to finish and I don't like. I'm a full fan of Edinburgh chippie sauce (brown sauce + vinegar for the uninitiated) though.
Anyway, I digress. As I entered on Saturday night they were serving up the last battered haddock (I presume) to another customer, yet there remained a breaded fish of some kind still sweating it out in the display area. Turned out it was mackerel - either that or a 10 minute wait for normal fish.
I've never had mackerel from a chippie before, struck me as rather odd, but I went for it and it was OK but rather strong tasting and I got to sample it over and over again that night with burps and eventually a bit of puke at around 3am.
I did enjoy the novelty though!